Understanding Power and Control in Family Estrangement Estrangement between adult children and parents is often framed as a relationship problem. Describing it as miscommunication, mutual hurt, or family conflict suggests there are two equal parties who simply couldn’t work things out. But for adult children who cut ties due to abuse, neglect, or chronic emotional […]
Key Takeaways: We often associate grief with death. However, we can also experience grief when significant changes occur in our relationships with living people. This type of loss, known as a living loss, comes with unique challenges and emotional complexities—especially when society fails to understand or validate it. This is often the case for adult
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Deciding whether to end a relationship is a big decision. As a therapist, I often see people struggle with whether to leave dysfunctional relationships or stick it out. For someone with codependency, the decision to leave a dysfunctional or abusive partner is especially hard. Why it’s hard to end a “toxic”, dysfunctional, or abusive relationship
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